Re: restricted search & replace

On 25/07/2018 05:20, tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in a table made pure from ascii :) I want to
> replace certain character for all lines but
> in a certain column only.
>
> Therefore I have to restrict search and replace
> to a certain range of colums (vim context not table context).
>
> How can I do that?

See :help \%c, \%<c and \%>c. For instance, /\%>7cX\%<13c/ will
match a sequence of X's, but only between column 8 and 11. So,
s/\%>7cX\%<13c/Y/g will replace the X's with Y's.

Hope this helps,
Life.

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